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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence this month remained unchanged from November’s mark of 71, but there was significant movement among the five components that comprised the index, according to a new University of Florida survey.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An international team of scientists led by the University of Florida and Virginia Tech is the first to publish the DNA sequence for the strawberry — a development expected to yield tastier, hardier varieties of the berry and other crops in its family.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has one of the weakest civic cultures in the nation, ranking 46th among the 50 states, according to the National Conference on Citizenship. The Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida is dedicated to improving the state's civic health by training a new and more effective generation of public and civic leaders.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has one of the weakest civic cultures in the nation, ranking 46th among the 50 states, according to the National Conference on Citizenship. The at the University of Florida is dedicated to improving the state’s civic health by training a new and more effective generation of public and civic leaders.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida was recently recognized for spending more than $15 million in the last fiscal year with businesses owned by minorities, women and service-disabled veterans.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A mother’s memory of her late daughter, whose passion was teaching children with special needs, will live on and support students seeking advanced degrees in special education at the University of Florida, thanks to provisions made in her estate.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hepatologists at the University of Florida have begun a new clinical trial in search of a better way to treat patients who have advanced, inoperable primary liver cancer but have trouble tolerating standard doses of the only drug available to help them.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A celebrated 30-minute documentary film about Haiti by two former University of Florida students will be screened at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 in the Reitz Student Union Auditorium at the University of Florida.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If you’ve ever wondered how wolves work together to hunt, or why alligators wait patiently to catch their prey, join the Florida Museum of Natural History for its next children’s day camp from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 21, a student holiday for Alachua County Public Schools

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — WUFT-TV/FM at the University of Florida has joined with public television and public radio stations across the country in an unprecedented effort to harness the enthusiasm of the 170 million Americans who watch, listen to or use the services and programming of public media each month.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Don Sweat, the recently retired Florida Sea Grant marine extension agent for a multi-county region on the state’s west coast, has been awarded the national William Q. Wick Visionary Career Leadership Award in recognition of his career achievements in Sea Grant Extension.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Restricting calories extends life and slows a range of age-related disorders in mice, rats and other organisms. But even after eight decades of research on the subject, scientists are still unclear just how caloric restriction exerts its age-battling influence.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gleaning, the age-old practice of collecting discarded crops from harvested fields, is getting new attention as a way for volunteers to supply soup kitchens and other charities with low-cost food.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History today launched a new online butterfly identification guide to help visitors identify the different species in the Butterfly Rainforest exhibit.

The holiday season has become a time for family, friends, and spirits. Millions of people will reach for alcohol to celebrate the good times between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, but University of Florida experts warn this spike in alcohol use can prove dangerous.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department has released a composite sketch of one of the suspects in Tuesday’s armed robbery of the UF Bookstore buy-back tent near Carleton Auditorium.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two new reports question the accuracy of federal food-borne illness reports and recommend systemic changes to the country’s food safety system, according to experts who were involved in the studies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The growing movement to provide high-quality, early learning experiences for Florida's youngest children received a major boost today when the University of Florida announced the creation of an interdisciplinary Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Connoisseurs of cut roses often believe that the most fragrant blossoms are also the quickest to wilt, but a new University of Florida study disproves that notion and indicates breeders can develop varieties that smell great and last long.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Global climate change may contribute to an increase in toxins that poison Caribbean fish and the people who eat the seafood, according to experts meeting this week in the Virgin Islands.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coca-Cola and Cutrale Citrus Juices announced today at a meeting of the Florida Citrus Mutual in Lake Alfred that they have each pledged $1.5 million to the University of Florida for research programs.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The addiction doctor who treated legendary rock stars and helped introduce the nation to the idea that people have a right to health care will deliver a Grand Rounds lecture this week at the University of Florida.

Many children in foster care aren’t hoping for a new toy, but instead, a brighter future. Moving between families can make it hard for kids to succeed in school and now a new University of Florida study suggests emotions may stand in the way.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida and other open government groups have filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to keep more information available to the public. The court is considering whether corporations can invoke the “personal privacy” exemption to the federal Freedom of Information Act.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Student Agricultural Gardens on Museum Road at the University of Florida are back in operation after nearby construction disrupted normal activities. After nearly a year of renovation efforts, a revitalized area is now open for a new generation of exploratory gardeners.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida President Bernie Machen and the College of Fine Arts School of Music invite the UF community to a holiday concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.5 million grant to a University of Florida chemist to create a center for investigating manufacturing techniques for nanoscale electronics.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.–The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and Center for World Arts in association with the Center for African Studies will present “Agbedidi Africa: Dance and Drum” this weekend.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Habitat destruction and species extinction may lead to an increase in diseases that infect humans and other species, according to a paper in the journal Nature co-authored by a University of Florida ecologist.

Law professor Bob Dekle was quoted in a Dec. 2 Tampa Tribune story about the criminal trial of suspended Highlands County commissioner Jeff Carlson who faces charges in relation to his wife’s death on his boat.

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Nov. 30 St. Petersburg Times story about consumer confidence levels in October and November. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

Law professor Michael Allan Wolf was quoted in a Dec. 14 Palm Beach Post story about a federal judge’s decision to strike down a key part of the health care reform legislation passed by Congress this year.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s “Country 103.7 – The Gator” invites the community to log on to http://www.Country1037TheGator.com to vote on one of three possible logos to brand the new radio station.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — All myUFL system users at the University of Florida will notice a difference following a spring 2011 upgrade.
The myUFL system will undergo an upgrade to its financial systems in the spring, but the “look and feel” of the entire myUFL system will change as a result of the upgrade. These changes will affect all users of the myUFL system, even those who only use the system to see their paychecks.
Tutorials are available to introduce these changes. To check them out, visit http://upgrade.my.ufl.edu/lookandfeel/lookfeel-myufl.html.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will host the largest poinsettia show in North America this week, showing more than 6,000 plants that include everything from traditional versions of the colorful plant to more exotic varieties.